And I think Ronda speaks to the caliber of athleticism that is in WWE but it also speaks to the women’s evolution, and I can't wait to see how her presence will give the women’s evolution even more weight.George Steele, Born William James Myers in 1937, the future WWE Hall of Fame member started out with a football career in mind like so many other wrestlers, but saw his career cut short due to knee problems. She just exudes this energy and charisma that you can really connect to because you have to have the total package. She is arguably one of the world's greatest athletes. I do think Ronda has brought heightened awareness. 'We recruit from the Olympics we recruit from rugby, football overseas we recruit from everywhere. Steele also released a book in 2013 called, Animal.ĭuring her interview, McMahon was also asked whether she thinks Ronda Rousey signing with WWE will help bring in other athletes from outside of the sport. Steele also had a brief acting career, which started in 1994, as he made his professional acting debut as Swedish wrestler-turned-actor Tor Johnson in Tim Burton's Ed Wood.

RELATED: BEHIND THE SCENES STORIES ABOUT VINCE MCMAHON AND TRIPLE H And I was like “Hang on a second, this is my dad who I know would die defending my honor, and he's laughing at this?” And it was my first sort of inclination that there was more to this business than I really understood.' I ran to my dad (Vince McMahon), ran up his leg buried my head right in his shoulder, and he started laughing.

He was very fury, very hairy but looked like fur and he dyed his tongue green and he was all in character and he came at me, and I screamed at the top of my lungs. If you remember he was bald had a lot of wrinkles in his head. 'George “The Animal” Steele was my first encounter when I was anywhere from 3 to 5 years old, and I was walking backstage at my first ever live event and all of a sudden a group of kids came around the corner just screaming and I waited to see what was going to happen and here comes George “The Animal” Steele. Leading up to WrestleMania 34, WWE’s Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon sat down with Fox News and was asked about what kind of memories she has growing up and watching the biggest event in wrestling, given the fact that her father, Vince McMahon, owns WWE.

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